Dan Vincelette was selected 74th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1985 Entry Draft. He was drafted from the Drummondville Voltiguers of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Vincelette played two more seasons with Drummondville. He was named to the QMJHL All-Star team in 1985-86. Over the course of his junior career he averaged a point a game and collected 646 penalty minutes.

He joined the Blackhawks in time for the 1987 playoffs, his first game coming on April 9, 1987. He played three games before the team was eliminated.

Vincelette made the Blackhawks full-time at the 1987 training camp. His first goal came in a game against the Minnesota North Stars on November 8, 1987. In 69 games he put up 17 points and 107 penalty minutes, but he had a hard time staying with the big club for the 1988-89 season. This time he showed a better touch around the net even though his points total dropped. Vincelette scored eleven goals over the campaign, up from the four he had tallied previously.

He played his last two games with the Blackhawks in the 1989-90 season. The Hawks sent him to the minors until they traded him to the Quebec Nordiques on March 5, 1990. The Nordiques kept him on the roster until the end of their season, whereupon they assigned him to their AHL Halifax Citadels for the playoffs.

Vincelette lasted exactly one year in the Quebec system before being sent back to the Chicago Blackhawks. He finished the season with the IHL Indianapolis Ice and played seven games in the playoffs. He split the 1991-92 season between Indianapolis and the Blackhawks.

He did not see any further NHL action but his rights were traded twice. On June 18, 1992, Tampa Bay selected him in the Expansion Draft. In December, Tampa moved him to Philadelphia for Steve Kasper. Vincelette did not suit up for either team, although he continued to play up to the 1996-97 season on minor league teams and in the British league.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1982-83

Acton Vale CC

QAAA

1982-83

Cantons de l'Est Cantonniers

QAAA

1

0

0

0

0

1983-84

Montreal L'est Cantonniers

QAAA

40

9

13

22

43

1984-85

Drummondville Voltigeurs

QMJHL

64

11

24

35

124

12

0

1

1

11

1985-86

Drummondville Voltigeurs

QMJHL

69

38

45

83

244

22

11

14

25

35

1986-87

Drummondville Voltigeurs

QMJHL

50

33

35

68

288

8

6

5

11

17

1986-87

Chicago Blackhawks

NHL

3

0

0

0

0

1987-88

Chicago Blackhawks

NHL

69

6

11

17

109

-15

4

0

0

0

0

1988-89

Chicago Blackhawks

NHL

66

11

4

15

119

-9

5

0

0

0

4

1988-89

Saginaw Hawks

IHL

2

0

0

0

14

1989-90

Chicago Blackhawks

NHL

2

0

0

0

4

-1

1989-90

Indianapolis Ice

IHL

49

16

13

29

262

1989-90

Quebec Nordiques

NHL

11

0

1

1

25

-6

1989-90

Halifax Citadels

AHL

2

0

0

0

4

1990-91

Quebec Nordiques

NHL

16

0

1

1

38

-10

1990-91

Halifax Citadels

AHL

24

4

9

13

85

1990-91

Indianapolis Ice

IHL

15

5

3

8

51

7

2

1

3

62

1991-92

Chicago Blackhawks

NHL

29

3

5

8

56

-6

1991-92

Indianapolis Ice

IHL

16

5

3

8

84

1992-93

Atlanta Knights

IHL

30

5

5

10

126

1992-93

San Diego Gulls

IHL

6

0

0

0

6

1993-94

Durham Wasps

Britain

10

3

2

5

36

6

0

0

0

52

1994-95

1995-96

San Francisco Spiders

IHL

35

3

7

10

96

4

0

0

0

15

1996-97

Acton Vale Nova

QSPHL

22

10

12

22

155

NHL Totals

193

20

22

42

351

12

0

0

0

4

Traded to Quebec by Chicago with Mario Doyon and Everett Sanipass for Greg Millen, Michel Goulet and Quebec's 6th round pick (Kevin St. Jacques) in 1991 NHL Draft, March 5, 1990. Traded to Chicago by Quebec with Paul Gillis for Ryan McGill and Mike McNeill, March 5, 1991. Claimed by Tampa Bay from Chicago in Expansion Draft, June 18, 1992. Traded to Philadelphia by Tampa Bay for Steve Kasper, December 8, 1992.